Blading in the Park

Blading in the Park
21 April 2014 -- 111/365
Providence, Rhode Island

With comfortable temperatures and clear skies, I decided to visit India Point Park at lunch. Walking along the riverfront, I saw this gentleman sitting on a park bench enjoying the view. When I noticed his roller blades, I asked if he planned to do some blading. He did and asked if I wanted him to do anything in particular, so I just asked him to skate by so I could get a photo with the bridge in the background. This is the result. He moved a lot quicker than I expected, though, and I almost missed the shot entirely!

Post processing started with a classic filter in Topaz B&W FX. I adjusted color sensitivity sliders, adaptive exposure, regions, contrast, boost black, boost white, and protect highlights. A levels adjustment was added in PSE.

Here's the high res version in Smugmug: http://kannafoot.smugmug.com/Photo-Challenges/PAD2014/i-DJKMTm9/0/XL/2014%2004%2021_0006%20copy-XL.jpg

[Tami Skipper]

Cool way to spend your lunch.

[Angie]

Well captured.

[gracefulloser]

Awesome shot! Looks like a great view there.

[Junko Y]

I love the sense of motion depicted here.

[Taffy]

Nice street scene with good action captured. Almost a portrait.

[Klas]

Very nice shot the dude has a pretty determined look on his face, I like the composition with the factory in the background. The only slight negative is the branch that is growing out of his head.

[Ron Correia]

@klas ROFL Noticed that, did you? I tried desperately to edit that branch out but couldn't come up with an edit I liked. The frame before didn't have the full bridge and the frame after had him in a pose that simply didn't work. I was stuck with that stupid branch.